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Ashley Brooks and Abbigail Kriebs
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S6 E2: Nicole Gulotta on Seasons of Creativity
Chasing Creative
09/09/19 • 40 min
Nicole Gulotta wrote the book (literally) on navigating different seasons of the creative life. Join us to hear her advice on the ups and downs we all experience as creatives, and get the scoop on her new book, Wild Words.
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Nicole's Books
Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path
Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry
Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Literary Cooking with Nicole Gulotta on Chasing Creative
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Mini Book Club
Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity by Louise DeSalvo
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle
Here's where you can find Nicole
Websites: nicolemgulotta.com / thewildwords.com / eatthispoem.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nicolegulotta
Twitter: www.twitter.com/nicolegulotta
Here's where you can find Abbie
Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages
Here's where you can find Ashley
Blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com
Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial
04/01/19 • 45 min
We first chatted about Growing Gills with Addie Zierman in this episode on self-care, resourcing, and diving back into writing after some time away.
Then, we got the chance to interview Jessica Abel herself on her method for creating systems that help you be creative in this episode.
And then we realized that we had a lot to say about what Growing Gills taught each of us and how we’re incorporating those lessons into spending time on our own much-neglected creative projects.
That’s what this episode is all about.
Get your hands on a copy of Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life and the free workbook on Jessica’s site here and start creating!
Or check out Jessica’s Creative Focus Workshop, which is an even more intense, instructor-led process to set up strategies to help make your creative work happen.
Other things we talked about:
Ashley uses the Insight Timer - Meditation App. Abbie is probably going to download that ASAP and try the session Ashley recommends, “Five Minute Break for Reflection by Tony Brady”.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden (Winternight Trilogy #2)
How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman (updated edition!)
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Here’s where you can find Ashley:
Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com
Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial
Here’s where you can find Abbie:
Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages
S4 E24: These are the Resources that Inspire our Creativity
Chasing Creative
04/09/18 • 45 min
While we are usually bemoaning our lack of time to sort out all of our creative projects, every once in a while we get stuck in a place where we’ve got time or desire to do something creative, but find ourselves with an utter lack of inspiration. When that happens, we both have some tried-and-true places we turn to that give us that little nudge we need to get back to making, and we thought we’d share them in today’s episode.
You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon!
Resources We Mentioned
Blogs:
John Blase, especially his advent book, Touching Wonder
Anne Bogel a.k.a. Modern Mrs. Darcy, specifically The Examined Life archives
Erin Loechner at Design for Mankind
Podcasts:
The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
The New York Times Book Review
The Lazy Genius Podcast by Kendra Adachi
Magic Lessons by Elizabeth Gilbert
Social Media:
Nicole Gulotta’s Wild Words Collective - you can sign up for her newsletter to get access here
Lindsay Crandall on Instagram
The Coffee + Crumbs Instagram account
Our episode in Season 3 with Nicole Gulotta, the author of Eat This Poem
Mini Book Club
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman
Finish by Jon Acuff
Here's where you can find Ashley
Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes
Business Website: Brooks Editorial
Twitter: @brookseditorial
Instagram: @brookseditorial
Pinterest: @brookseditorial
Here's where you can find Abbigail
Website: Inkwells and Images
Twitter: @abbigailekriebs
Instagram: @abbigailekriebs
S4E20: Personality and Creativity
Chasing Creative
03/12/18 • 75 min
We’re both personality nerds, so it’s no surprise that our Myers Briggs letters and Enneagram types have come up multiple times on the podcast before. In today’s episode, we’re devoting our entire conversation to the ways our personalities can affect our creative lives. There are probably hundreds of personality typing systems out there, but today we’re focusing on three that have had the biggest impact on our creativity: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Enneagram, and Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies.
You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon!
Resources We Mentioned
Reading People by Anne Bogel
Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive by Otto Kroeger
The Sacred Enneagram by Chris Heuertz
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile
The Road Back to You podcast
A recent Hope*Writers podcast interview with Ian Morgan Cron
The Selfie Podcast series on enneagram
The Enneagram Institute online resource
Explore Your Type online resource
The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies quiz
Mini Book Club
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Sherlock Holmes Series by Arthur Conan Doyle
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Here's where you can find Ashley
Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes
Business Website: Brooks Editorial
Twitter: @brookseditorial
Instagram: @brookseditorial
Pinterest: @brookseditorial
Here's where you can find Abbigail
Website: Inkwells and Images
Twitter: @abbigailekriebs
Instagram: @abbigailekriebs
S3 E6: Embracing Your Season of Creativity with Lisa Hensley
Chasing Creative
04/10/17 • 41 min
We're chatting with Lisa Hensley about how she embraces her season of motherhood and makes space for creativity as she raises three (soon to be four!) boys. Lisa is the master at working within the life she's living rather than wishing she had more time to create. Listen in to hear her wisdom!
Lisa Hensley is a writer, podcaster, and volleyball coach who pursues other creative interests. She and her husband have three boys, including one with a rare disease, are expecting another, and live in a college town in rural Kentucky. Her online spaces encourage women to thrive as mamas and grow as creatives.
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Here's where you can find Lisa
Here's where you can find Abbigail
Here's where you can find Ashley
Mini-Book Club
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
The Life-Giving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming by Sally Clarkson and Sarah Clarkson
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and "Women's Work" by Kathleen Norris
Episode 1: Start Here
Chasing Creative
01/15/16 • 21 min
Welcome to the first episode of the Chasing Creative podcast! In this short intro episode we’re giving you the rundown on what Chasing Creative is all about. We’re sharing where we’re at in our own lives, including our constant struggle against creative burnout. We chat about not having enough energy for creative projects at the end of the day, the ways we (kind of) prioritize our creativity, why we have a love/hate relationship with Twitter, and what you can expect from the Chasing Creative podcast going forward.
Here’s where to find Ashley:
Website: www.BrooksEditorial.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial
Here’s where to find Abbigail:
Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/
Mini Book Club
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente
Quotes from the Episode
“You can spend your time creating things, or you can spend your time
marketing things.” -- Abbigail
“I had this realization that all the podcasts I listen to have all
these famous people they interview. And they have really great
insights to share, but they don’t have action steps that someone like
me---a regular person with a toddler---can take right now.” --- Ashley
“It’s a difficult balance between ‘We make money and we’re surviving’
and ‘But we also want to be creative.’” --- Ashley
“Nobody in school told us how to get up every day and continue to be
creative.” --- Abbigail
“Our society tells us that creativity is a nonessential. It’s a hobby
you squeeze in when you have time or at the end of the day or maybe
when you’re retired. The message of Essentialism tells creatives that
if creativity is something that’s important to you, you need to make
it an essential thing in your life. Make it a priority.” --- Ashley
“We’re following through on an idea. This is good for us!” --- Ashley
03/14/16 • 52 min
Lindsay Crandall is a photographer and writer, a mama, and half of the daily collaboration at hellotherefriend.com. She has written for Art House America and The Curator. Most recently, Lindsay began working as a photographer with Stocksy United. Listen in as we chat with Lindsay about finding joy in creativity, defining creative success on your own terms, being actively creative, and finding art in the ordinary.
Here's were you can find Lindsay:
Website: www.lindsaycrandall.com
Instagram: instagram.com/@lindsaycrandall
Twitter: twitter.com/@crandall
Don't forget to check out Lindsay and Beth's daily letter-writing collaboration at http://www.hellotherefriend.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/hellotherefriendproject/!
Here's where you can find Ashley:
Website: http://brookseditorial.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrooksEditorial
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brookseditorial/
Here's where you can find Abbigail:
Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/
Mini Book Club
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle
Quotes from the episode
If you’re asking me about my creative journey, it goes back to when I
was a child. --- Lindsay
It’s interesting how when you are interested in things, the resources
just come to you. --- Lindsay
Sometimes to be your most creative self you need to step back from
[the Internet] and learn to define success in a different way than
everyone else is defining it. --- Ashley
If it doesn’t give me some sense of joy and make my heart sing, what
is the point of doing it? --- Lindsay
I love the excitement of learning something new. It makes you feel
great on the inside. --- Lindsay
I am a creative person and I want to continually pursue that. ---
Lindsay
I could be sitting on the couch watching reality TV and wasting all my
time, or I could decide I was going to be the kind of person who was
going to get up and do stuff. I want to be the kind of person who gets
up and does stuff. --- Lindsay
Being actively creative is the difference between creating and
consuming. --- Lindsay
What is that thing that makes your heart sing? --- Lindsay
There is an ebb and a flow to it all the time. I’m not creating in
every spare moment of my life. --- Lindsay
The idea of showing up every day and doing the work is the kind of
stuff that gives you a foundation so that when you need to take a
break you can step out, and you don’t lose everything that you’ve
accumulated. --- Lindsay
What in my life can I celebrate through a photograph? --- Lindsay
There are all sorts of beautiful things around us. We don’t
necessarily take the time to pay attention to them. --- Lindsay
Embrace the fact that life is extremely ordinary, but we can have
these creative celebrations throughout all of that. --- Lindsay
As creatives, everything you know is important for the next step you
take. --- Abbigail
“Essay” in French means “to try.” --- Lindsay
Our collaboration has become such a deep friendship. - Lindsay
It is amazing how much more intentional we are with our thoughts and
words when we are sitting down with pen and paper. - Abbigail
I was so beaten up by the word “fearless.” It was awesome, but
exhausting. - Lindsay
No words. No challenges. This is a time to pull back, not to push
forward. - Lindsay
“Only what matters”: that is my guiding force for the year. - Lindsay
Maybe this is a Sabbath year for me. - Lindsay
Without the Internet, does my life feel satisfying and full? ---
Lindsay
She was talking about showing up and doing the work before it was a
thing on the internet. - Lindsay, on Madeleine L’Engle
I first read Walking on Water in college and I think I’ve re-read it
every year since then. - Ashley
2022: Our Year In Books
Chasing Creative
12/26/22 • 75 min
We thought we’d be back with a new season of Chasing Creative in 2022, but alas: it did not happen. Our lives are just too full right now with, well... life! We cannot, however, let the year go by without getting together to talk about books: our most favorite episode to record each season. So, we’ll dive in and talk about our reading wins this last year, our goals for next year, and what life *actually* looks like these days for both of us.
Where to connect with Abbie:
Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter | Bookshop (affiliate)
Where to connect with Ashley:
Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter
Books Mentioned:
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
Wintering by Katherine May
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audio narrated by Tom Hanks)
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (on audio)
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
The Life We’re Looking For by Andy Crouch
The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
The Wild Robot & The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling (illustrated versions, too!)
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Series by Karina Yan Glaser (audio)
The Henry Huggins Audio Collection by Beverly Cleary
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rewilding Motherhood by Shannon K Evans
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
Attached to God by Krispin Mayfield
The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
2021: Our Year in Books
Chasing Creative
12/27/21 • 80 min
Hi! It has been *an entire year* since we last appeared in your podcast feed.
We’re wading through Pandemic Year 2 just like everyone else, complete with all the day-to-day negotiations and risk calculations like everyone else. And also: a fourth baby for Ashley, a smattering of kids entering the public school system for both of us, and entire routines shifting overnight.
We gave ourselves a break and didn’t record a single thing together in all of 2021 – but it didn’t feel right to finish a year on the calendar without talking together about books. So let’s talk books!
Resources Mentioned:
Pantsuit Politics Extra Credit Book Club
The Anthropocene Reviewed podcast by John Green
Books Mentioned:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Rewilding Motherhood by Shannon K. Evans
No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn (DNF for Ashley)
Fair Play by Eve Rodsky (skimmed by Abbie)
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
Harry Potter Book 1-3
The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Keep Going by Austin Kleon
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Who Made This Cake? by Chihiro Nakagawa
The Wordless Trilogy by Aaron Becker
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control our Lives by Michael A. Heller and James Salzman
12 Tiny Things by Ellie Rosher and Heidi Barr
The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Where to connect with Abbie:
Goodreads | Instagram | Monthly Newsletter | Bookshop Storefront (affiliate link)
Where to connect with Ashley:
Goodreads | Instagram | Blog | Newsletter
10/07/19 • 39 min
We’re so glad to have Elise Cripe back on the podcast! We previously chatted with her on episode 4 of season 3, all about how she got to where she was creatively, and touched on taking creative breaks and her Get To Work Book business. Today, we wanted to have her on to talk about her first traditionally published book that releases tomorrow, October 8th, titled Big Dreams, Daily Joys, which is all about setting goals and making time for what matters, as well as what the ebbs and flows of her own creative life look like.
Here’s our previous chat with Elise all about getting to work on your creative projects.
**Where to find Elise: **
Preorder Elise’s new book, Big Dreams, Daily Joys! It comes out October 8th, and you can find it at all major online retailers at Elisejoy.com/book.
Elise’s planner business, GET TO WORK BOOK, is at Gettoworkbook.com.
Definitely follow @elisejoy on Instagram if you haven’t already.
Elise occasionally shares her latest craft adventures on her blog, EnjoyItBlog.com.
**Books We Talked About: **
Taproot Magazine
A Year Between Friends: 3191 Miles Apart: Crafts, Recipes, Letters, and Stories
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
**Here’s where you can find Abbie: **
Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages
**Here’s where you can find Ashley: **
Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com
Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial
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Chasing Creative currently has 95 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Photography, Fashion, Art, Creativity, Design, Writing, Podcasts, Arts and Crafts.
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The average episode length on Chasing Creative is 49 minutes.
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